Ecuador: An Economic and Social Agenda in the New Millennium

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Walker's SENSE AND NONSENSE was the first book to challenge common misconceptions about crime and remains the most effective at doing so. Described as a "masterful critique" of American policies - on everything from crime control to guns to drugs - Walker cuts through myths and political rhetoric and confronts both conservative and liberal propositions relative to current research and proven effectiveness. The result is a research-based, lucid work that stimulates critical thinking and enlivens class discussions. Walker captures the complexity of the administration of justice while providing students with a clear sense of the general patterns.

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A very poorly written book.......2007-10-04

This book just makes educated guesses and opinions, there are very few facts. The author contradicts himself every other page, especially in the very first chapter. All Walker does throughout the whole book is complain about policies, he never once has a solution. The only good that can come from this book is learning how not to write.

Not Recommended.......2007-08-05

I used this book for my Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice book along with his Color of Justice book. The whole class and even my teacher agreed that these books sucked and were not the best ones to use. I did not gain anything from reading these books and I would NOT recommend them to anyone to use. It was a waste of my money to use these books and my teacher was also disappointed in them. He may be an excellent professor at UNO, but this book and the Color of Justice book are horrible to use, especially for a Contemporary Issues class.

quick delivery.......2005-09-25

My order was processed and sent very quickly. Arriving just in time for the new semester. The book was in great condition with no highlighting. Thanks for the great service.

Very good for critical thinkers.......2003-01-11

This book is highly recommended for anyone who wants to take a critical look at the administration of justice in the U.S. Dr. Walker has a very simple, straightforward style of writing that makes this book accessible to virtually anyone, even someone with limited background in the area. His information is very up-to-date and his arguments are clear, concise and well-supported.

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To understand how tropical ecosystems function we need to appreciate not only what plants, animals and microbes they contain, but how they interact with each other. This volume synthesizes the current state of knowledge of tropical biotic interaction, with chapters providing reviews or case studies drawn from research conducted in both Old and New World tropics, including interactions among taxa at all levels. An underlying theme of the volume is revealing the importance of the maintenance of high diversity in tropical regions.

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In the i The Undivided Universe /i , David Bohn and Basil Hiley present a radically different approach to quantum theory. They develop an interpretation of quantum mechanics which gives a clear, intuitive understanding of its meaning and in which there is a coherent notion of the reality of the universe without assuming a fundamental role for the human observer. br br With the aid of new concepts such as active information together with non-locality, they provide a comprehensive account of all the basic features of quantum mechanics, including the relativistic domain and quantum field theory. br br It is shown that, with the new approach, paradoxical or unsatisfactory features associated with the standard approaches, such as the wave-particle duality and the collapse of the wave function, do not arise. Finally, the authors make new suggestions and indicate some areas in which one may expect quantum theory to break down in a way that will allow for a test. br br b /b b i The Undivided Universe /i /b is an important book especially because it provides a different overall world view which is neither mechanistic nor reductionist. This view will ultimately have radical implications not only in physics but also in our general approach to all areas of life.

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Intellectually stimulating, opens up a can of worms of QM problems.......2006-07-18

Bohm is one of the few genius' who didn't get much recongnition in his lifetime. Had it not been MacCarthy's persecution he would have been a distinguished professor at Princeton and made more impact in Modern Physics.

His genius shows in his radically different interpretation of QM. When you read the first few chapters of his book, it gives you this "eureka" feeling and chill thru your spine. While they say currently there is no way to prove or disprove his theory as it gives the same result as Copenhagen, but I truely believe a correct theory will give insights into other fields and advance further the whole science/ civilization. Only time will tell.

Hopefully others will continue in his vein........2004-06-20

In this book, David Bohm's (probably) last major work before his death, Bohm and Hiley outline in some detail Bohm's original work on the "quantum potential" which he developed from de Broglie's earlier attempts some years ago. This book brings together Bohm and Hiley's work dealing with the quantum potential approach for varied quantum phenomena such as photon absorption, photon emission, the measurement problem in quantum physics and so on. Throughout it is wise to remind oneself of Bohm's comment on this approach when he stated that it is only one possible exploration of an idea and not meant as a final theory by any means. Bohm points out repeatedly that in order to develop the quantum theory further it needs new concepts/philosophy to delve into deeper aspects of reality. If these thoughts are not kept in mind then one gets the distinct feeling that there is something incomplete in the work as it stands. Bohm's attempts at another approach are made through his ideas of the holomovement or implicate order which, although nebulous, is explored in its principals at least as in much of Bohm's other works.

I don't believe, like other reviewers have stated, that these ideas are vacuuous. New ideas are absoltely necessary in contemporary physics where the pure mathematical developments of string theory feel empty of real depth. Although speculative, at least Bohm's ideas sound physical and have a physical underpinning as those of Schroedinger, Heisenberg and Bohr in the early 20th century. The difference is that these other great physicists had some experimental work to guide them, Bohm does not, or very little. His ideas rely on the ability of experiments to probe deeper levels of reality between what is possible now say 10^-15 m and 10^-35 m, the Planck length. There exists a huge range of orders of magnitude to explore. I believe in fact the last couple of chapters of the book are the really interesting bits which contain such deeper explorations.

It is unfortunate Bohm died early and it is hopefull that Hiley et al will continue his great work with the same radical enthusiasm and not be unconsciously hamstrung by the current mechanistic paradigm.

Two Parts Inspiration, One Part Speculation.......2000-10-18

Bohm and Hiley convincingly argue that something is very wrong with the way most physicists are taught to think about quantum mechanics. The Copenhagen interpretation is shown to be just one of many, and not a very good one at that. Bohm's causal interpretation provides a physical picture of what's actually going on in a variety of quantum systems. This book ought to be required reading for physics students.

Unfortunately, the book undermines its own credibility with an amazingly high level of speculative claptrap concerning the physics of consciousness, the possibility that the internal structure of an electron may be as complicated as a radio, and other nonsense. If you take the time to separate the wheat from the chaff, your efforts will be rewarded with the most reasonable interpretation of QM to date. But be careful where you step.

An alternative to the Copenhagen Interpretation.......2000-09-03

The authors present a different interpretation of quantum mechanics to the orthodox Copenhagen intepretation. For the serious student of quantum mechanics interested in looking at the field from a fresh perspective, Bohm and Hiley's interpretation is very interesting. Bohm is one of the great physicists of the 20th century who understood quantum mechanics as well as anyone. His 1951 textbook on the subject is a classic. Interestingly, he presented the Copenhagen intepretation in this textbook, but a few years later published articles on his ontological or hidden variable interpretation which is the presented in "The Undivided Universe." A cautionary note is this book is not for the lay person.

SCIENTIFIC JARGON PAR EXCELLENCE.......1999-12-01

It seems that the undivided universe is very much divided. These theory- of-cosmology-books by many a would-be-Einstein started back in 1980 with David Fiske's A THEORY OF COSMOLOGY (Vantage; out of print). Twenty years later there are a hundred of them selling like hotcakes. B&H read about thirty of them and decided to throw their quantum hat into the ring here. What results is a round-robin of physicists writing about physicists in a never ending circle of speculation parading as hypothesis. It is a bit like the Rose Bowl Parade-- the discussion centers around whose float (hypothesis) is more/less speculative, non-provable by experiment, metaphysical, ontological, unverifiable, ambiguous, and complicated. The poor reader is presumed to be a moth trying to get to the candle light through the glass bulb of theory to reach an unvisualizable reality within. The key question B&H posit is: can the theory, whether positing many worlds, many minds, sum of histories or holomovement, contain all of reality within a Hilbert Space equation. Whether the barrel will hold all the apples and still allow the lid to close? Here a word about the authors equations -- math is a shorthand, the simpler the more elegant. Their equations need so much explanation that no simplicity or elegance is achieved. Also the jargon: implicate order, pre-space, quasi-classical world, and decohering histories all need huge sections to explain. I would say most readers are left floating in a sea of abstraction. I found the implicate theory egocentric, a return to pre-Copernican days, when I read the speculation on page 389: `....through the human being, the universe is making a mirror to observe itself.' The Sci-fi writer, Philip Dick, wrote in 1978 that our reality "appears to be a projection by an artifact. ... The artifact, which I call Zebra, has created (actually only projected) our reality as a sort of mirror or image of its maker, so that the maker can obtain thereby an objective standpoint to comprehend its own self." Frankly I found the Sci-fi writer's version of cosmology far more clarifying and understandable than I did the physicists. Frankly I think the authors, B&H, wandered outside of their own sandbox.

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The undivided universe
George Munro
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ASIN: 0385720696
Release Date: 2003-04-08

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In 1857, at a place called Mountain Meadows in southern Utah, a band of Mormons and Indians massacred 120 emigrants. Twenty years later, the slaughter was blamed on one man named John D. Lee, previously a member of Brigham Young’s inner circle. Red Water imagines Lee’s extraordinary frontier life through the eyes of three of his nineteen wives. Emma is a vigorous and capable Englishwoman who loves her husband unconditionally. Ann, a bride at thirteen years old, is an independent adventurer. Rachel is exceedingly devout and married Lee to be with her sister, his first wife. These spirited women describe their struggle to survive Utah’s punishing landscape and the poisonous rivalries within their polygamous family, led by a magnetic, industrious, and considerate husband, who was also unafraid of using his faith to justify desire and ambition.

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The Consequences of War.......2007-03-10

An overriding theme of this book is the impact of war and violence on women. Men wage conflict, yet women are left to deal with the consequences -- some of which last for decades and beyond. A very timely topic often omitted from history.

Solid Historical Fiction.......2006-12-22

Red Water by Judith Freeman is a work of historical fiction that takes place in the mid-19th century western US. Welcome to Mormon country. Freeman's novel fleshes out the true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, in which a wagon train party of 120 men, women, and children were slaughtered by a group of Mormons (and possibly some American Indians). The novel is ostensibly about the man who was eventually held responsible for the murders, John D Lee, but told from the perspective of three of his wives (Emma, Ann, and Rachel). It's one of those stories from US history that's disturbing, fascinating, and terribly intriguing. Freeman deftly weaves hints of it throughout the novel, delighting less in shocking her audience and more in subtly conveying the horrors of it. For example, there's a scene in which Emma wears a beautiful dress that John gave her to a big Mormon festival. She is soon ostracized for flaunting such ill-gotten gains as the dress came from one of the women killed in the Massacre. This forces Emma to confront her feelings about her husband's involvement. It also brings up another juicy part of the story: were those that participated in the Massacre just following orders (from higher-ups in the Mormon hierarchy who believed in blood atonement, like Brigham Young), were they motivated by greed (for the wagon trainers were quite wealthy), or both? While the story is superficially about the Massacre and its startling effects on Mormon society, the novel is really about the wives. When each wife contemplates the Massacre and John's involvement, she discovers the true nature of her love and faith. I plowed through this book, enthralled by the relationships between the wives and with their husband. Polygamy is a lot like the Massacre to me: fascinating and horrifying. Freeman doesn't mince words and the passages about sexuality are some of the best. My only complaint is that I found myself skimming through the parts about the surrounding landscape. While Freeman admirably employs subtlety elsewhere in the novel, her blatant attempts to make The Land another character are too obvious. The metaphor is easy but she spells it out for the reader time and time again: the cruel, stark land is awash in red. You know, red like blood? Like the blood that flowed at the Massacre? Get it? Aside from that though, I recommend it. The three wives are so different. Everyone's favorite has to be Ann, the independent and tough child bride (13 when married to the middle-aged Lee). Her story is the most exciting but only in contrast to the other two. The three stories together combine to create a nuanced portrait of John D Lee and 19th century Mormonism.

A glimpse into the human soul.......2006-07-30

Being somewhat of an old west buff and having visited the meadow mountain monument a few years ago I bought this book expecting it to be a story of the events surrounding the massacre. I was pleasantly surprised that the story had much more depth than that.

The story covers the twenty year interim between the actual event and the execution of John D. Lee the only member of the "Danites" to be tried and convicted in the massacre, told from the viewpoint of three of his nineteen wives. The book closes with the follow-up of these three womens lives after the execution of Lee.

Judith Freeman has woven together a well told story that is more about the human soul than about a historical event. She has portrayed the probable feelings of these three women with an insight that is rarely seen in writings today. From the way that these three women likely viewed and dealt with such things as polygamy and Mormonism to their reaction when they discovered that their husband was implicated in and hunted down for heinous crimes he had committed before they knew him and how one of them stood by him through it all it makes a spellbinding read.

Freeman is able to adjust her viewpoint and shows the ability to get inside the mind of and to feel and become the character. I couldn't put this one down until I was too tired to read each night and then I would pick it up the next day and become just as engrossed in it as I had been the day before.

Fantastic Story of the Many Aspects of Love and Devotion.......2004-02-15

Wow, I read a few of these reviews. Funny how whenever you write something that even touches the edge of religion, the zealots come out.

This is NOT a story about the Mountain Meadow Massacre, though the incident and its characters figure prominently. This is NOT a story about merits or evils of Mormonism, though most of the characters are mormon and deal with their beliefs. Instead Freeman forces us to look at how humans have to come to grips with the complexities of belief and the realities of harsh everyday life.

This is a story centered around a fictionalization of part of the life of John D Lee. Executed for his role in the massacre. But even more than that, it is centrally, a story about women, and how they love.

Emma, the devoted wife who was in love with Lee when he took her as his 8th (well 17th) wife. How she dealt with the love and desire for a man she could not possess for herself but who totally possessed her. How she was bound more to the land and the religion by the man than the other way around.

Ann, who at thirteen married Lee for complex reasons but in the end, was taken by his personality and her own curiosity, shall we say. But who was tormented more by the man whom she lost belief in and the religion she never believed in but was wary of. Lee's memory amd her mixed feelings for him dogged her life even when she had left. Moreso, maybe.

Rachel, who in the end, realized that she was devoted to Lee for what he could promise her in the next life. An eternity next to the sister she idolized and loved. But Rachel's devotion may appear more as love than the love of the others.

There was a certain fascination in this book for me. It is well done and I literally read it in two days almost straight through. The characters are real and their interactions, relationships and differences are real too. Even down to the point where you wonder what private characterizations one character has for the next is based on truth or an unadmitted jealously.

Each part is told by one of the woman and each part represents their personality and fate. Emma's is rich and boisterous and hopeful. Ann's is meandering, lost, with moments of warmth and richness. Rachel's is cold, empty and barren with promises of hard times even among the good.

This is very well written and very well researched. It is a small insight to what mormonism was under the eye of Smith and Young while it was still a living entity. It is also a beautiful insight to some of the most harsh and spectacular places on earth. Finally it is an insight into how women view love and even men. Maybe in the end, that is what I was reading for -- to find a little insight into myself.

If you find it at the yard sale, pick it up, you will read it that night.

This book resembles other.......2003-12-28

I have read The Wives Of Short Creek and The Ferry Woman by
Gerald Grimmett and feel as if i am reading those books when i flip these pages?

Is it my imagination or has a big city publisher found a writer to compile a small town publishers books to create her own?

Ferry woman will stay on my shelves, this book is yard sale bound.

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This Companion brings together 32 new essays by leading historians to provide a reassessment of British history in the early twentieth century. The contributors present lucid introductions to literature and debates on major aspects of the political, social, and economic history of Britain in a period that included the First World War, political upheaval and the foundation of the welfare state, economic hardship, women 's suffrage, and dramatic social changes throughout British society.The volume examines the international role of Britain as both a world power and a European power, discussing issues of relative economic decline and the effect of the First World War on Britain 's economic status. The book also addresses controversial issues over the social impact of the First World War, especially on the position of women in work and society. There is also substantial coverage of changes in Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as in England.

Blackwell Companion to Early Twentieth-Century Britain

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Wrigley
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Brief Old Testament references to a former civilisation that was destroyed by the Flood have fascinated scholars for centuries, giving rise to exotic speculations ranging from the advanced technology of Atlantis through to extraterrestrial visitors. But it is only now that one British researcher's ten-year quest has brought together the entire body of accounts of an antediluvian race from across the globe - from the ancient texts of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, China, Greece and Scandinavia, to the sacred traditions of indigenous peoples from the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Australasia - with stunning results. GENESIS UNVEILED: The Lost Wisdom of our Forgotten Ancestors is the result of that painstaking quest, and its conclusions are unlike anything you have read before. Like other notable revisionist historians, Ian Lawton argues that our forebears were far more culturally advanced than has been previously believed - to the extent that they built sizeable settlements and navigated the oceans to trade. He backs up this belief with tantalising evidence from archaeology. Yet the most significant common theme uniting the ancient traditions is that our 'forgotten race' was originally highly spiritual but became increasingly obsessed with the material world before it perished in a global catastrophe - which geological and other evidence suggests occurred around 11,500 years ago. Throughout Genesis Unveiled the author's reinterpretations of ancient sacred texts are underpinned by a spiritual ethos based on the principles of karma and reincarnation. So the catastrophe is seen as a karmic event brought about by our forgotten race's fall from grace. As to how a spiritual worldview was first brought into human consciousness, he argues that underlying the various accounts of the creation of man and of mankind's 'civilisation' by various 'sages' is the genuine reality that the genus Homo had at some point evolved sufficiently in physical, psychological and physiological terms that it was ready to play host to the first advanced souls to incarnate in human form. He argues that this would have represented the most significant cultural impetus ever to the evolution of humanity, and that it can be practically tied into the first signs of ritual burial in the archaeological record, which date back 100,000 years to a site in Israel. This surely represents the point at which our ancestors first appreciated that the soul lives on after death, and that there are ethereal realms in addition to the physical world around us - a view that would lead tens of thousands of years later to the wonderful shamanic cave paintings of Western Europe. Yet perhaps the most stunning scholastic discovery in Genesis Unveiled is Lawton's revelation of the incredible consistency and esoteric wisdom of all origin myths right across the world, which has been completely overlooked by orthodox scholars who insist on purely psychological interpretations. Moreover, the timeless and universal truths contained in them have been dramatically reconfirmed by modern theoretical science in recent decades, with the revelations that everything is energy, that matter is an illusion, that everything is interconnected, that everything has consciousness, and that there are multiple other dimensions beyond the apparently physical. As a result, the author is able to lay out a philosophical and historical framework that merges a scientific, evolutionary perspective with a spiritual worldview - with no inherent conflicts or contradictions. Above all, Genesis Unveiled emphasises that the theme of a debased and materialistic culture that perished when it lost touch with its spiritual roots is one that we should heed carefully - for if we can come to recognise the path we are now treading as one our ancestors have been down before, we may be able to fundamentally alter our priorities and reconnect ourselves with our spiritual roots before universal karma once again decides enough is enough... Genesis Unveiled represents:1. The first serious attempt to bring all the precatastrophe texts and traditions from around the world together for comparison.2. The first time the catastrophe of 11,500 years ago has been viewed in its proper context as a karmic event based on our antediluvian ancestors fall from spiritual grace.3. The first time the incredible consistency and esoteric wisdom of the origin traditions from all around the world has been revealed.4. The first philosophically logical merger of a spiritual and scientific worldview.5. The first attempt at a spiritual prehistory of mankind with relevance to the modern world.

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Denial Unveiled.......2007-06-17

I have to say this writer is denial of obvious facts. For instance, even though the pyramids of Giza match perfectly with the belt of Orion (as seen through a high powered telescope, Lawton calls Bauval's work "dubious interpretation."

Although a 5000 year old glider sits on display in the Cairo museum and has been shown to be aerodynamic and proven to fly whith a back wing added to its vertical stabilizer, Lawton still argues that "it is more likely to represent a stylised bird." Yoiks!

His denial even prevents him from seeing the helicopter in the Abbydos temple heiroglyph which clearly shows a helicopter, tank and plane!

Lawton passes off all physical evidence and plausible theories presented by Hancock, Sitchin, Bauval and others as presenting "confusing argument" or "scant regard for logical flow" without any evidence or facts to prove otherwise. His disregard is likened to Republican denial of global warming, the benefits of alternative energies, and the blatant denial of the laws of physics in covering up the controlled demolition of the World Trade Centers.

Don't waste your time on this book!

Relax people the book is not that bad........2006-07-27

Awesome read.

This is a very well-researched piece of literature!---period...

I think people need to be informed to as much information from all different angles, on every subject regarding life, the universe and god, and anything else for what its worth. That way they can forge their own opinions on these touchy subjects, based upon the homework they have done. Even if the information they are recieving is a dubbed "conspiracy theory" by others or a cold stone fact for that matter.

I liked this book and I recommend it to anybody interested in ancient history.

Valuable Information for the truth seeker.......2005-08-11

This book is a wealth of information. Containing similar findings as many of the great scholars of our time. There is much agreement with Sitchen, Tsarian, Henry, Maxwell and others. One stong aspect of this book is the author's ability to dig into really good research and pull up facts that are becoming more acceptable in the world of truth today. I like the fact that it he makes a summary with key points at the end of each main section.
A great book!!!!

Excellent stuff.......2005-03-02

Having read the rude and unfounded reviews of this book i feel compelled to respond to the ingrates below. (Not you nice man!)
Lies? What lies? Do you know your stuff at all? This is astounding research of source material by a thorough and scholarly writer!
And as for you mister 'i wasted my money', yes you did. I think copies of 'politeness for beginners' are available for $1.
Perhaps you all were reading a completely different book? Yes, it is apparent that the author believes in reincarnation, but given all the evidence, so did our ancestors? He's just asking why. It's not one-sided, it's not preachy, it's just good.
Maybe it struck a cord and you don't like that. Maybe it challenged you to think about important issues. Maybe you're too focused on believing the trite nonsense in most other books of this ilk (see oxford dictionary). Not enough aliens? Still realing from a probing that you need accounting for?
I'm sorry to be so harsh, but really, this book is obviously ground breaking and well-researched. So regardless of your personal thoughts on it's content, give it credit for the thoroughness of the evaluation.

Really bad if you do not believe in reincarnation.......2005-01-28

This book sounds exciting but when you got to the first chapter, you would realise that it is really a bad book if you do not believe in reincarnation.

Other than that, it is not well written and the author tends to digress. Many of the examples cited did not help him to support his case.

This is one the few books I really regret buying!

Genesis Unveiled: The Lost Wisdom of Our Forgotten Ancestors

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Ian Lawton
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A compelling and revolutionary work that calls for the immediate extension of our human rights to the great apes.

The Great Ape Project looks forward to a new stage in the development of the community of equals, whereby the great apes-chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans-will actually receive many of the same protections and rights that are already accorded to humans.

This profound collection of thirty-one essays by the world's most distinguished observers of free-living apes make up a uniquely satisfying whole, blending observation and interpretation in a highly persuasive case for a complete reassessment of the moral status of our closest kin.

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good collection.......2002-05-20

"The Great Ape Project" is a good collection of reasons for supporting the project of the same name.

Tearing down the walls that divide.......2000-10-09

This book is an excellent source of information provided by a variety of scientific and legal experts. The authors show us the rich emotional and cultural lives of non-human great apes. Researchers who use other apes because of their genetic and psychological complexity ought to be required to read this book. Indeed, the one flaw of this book is the fact that a few chapters are the works of researchers who have used, for example, the linguistic talents of other apes to advance their own careers. Other sections of the book, including a chapter vividly comparing the non-human and human slave trade, and a description of the case for legal rights based on the personhood of hominids, underscore that flaw with haunting and brilliant sensitivity.

Overall, The Great Ape Project lucidly demonstrates the unconscionability of continuing to use the other apes for experimentation, for teaching, for trade in their body parts, and in the entertainment industry. Moreover, it inspires us to broaden our definition of slavery to include our nearest living relatives.

Compelling Case for Sentience Rights.......1999-07-06

The contributors make a compelling case for sentience rights for higher primates based on strong empirical evidence and demonstrable harm caused to other higher primates that infringes on their rights claims as sentient beings. I would ask if the authors might consider a similar work that expands the case for cetacean rights on the same basis, though.

Well written and fascinating.......1999-05-16

The essays in this book are remarkable and well done. A very important work for the animal rights movement. I did find it a little repetitive at times, but this did not detract from the point of the book, to make us aware of how closely related great apes really are to us, and their capacity to communicate in a human language.

Fascinating.......1997-04-22

I have to admit, our family's copy of the Great Ape Project sat on the shelf for a few years before I got around to looking at it.I had deep reservations about the book, fearing that it would lead to a reinforcement of anthropocentric criteria for moral standing.However, once I started reading I was hooked. The huge number of contributors with many different viewpoints ranging from rather anthropocentric to radical animal rights make for a lively read. In addition, the book is chockablock full of fascinating information about the great apes--they really are more similar to us than even I, an animal rightist for years, would have thought possible. A challenging book that raises the questions: what does it mean to be human? And how can we justify treating our fellow great apes the way we do?

The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity.: An article from: Human Biology

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Jonathan Marks
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